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Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat

Maryland rates for HCPCS 45384

During a colonoscopy, a growth or abnormal area of tissue found in the colon is removed using a heated grasping tool that both grips and treats the tissue. It is an alternative removal technique to using a wire loop, or snare, during the same type of exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat cost?

$815

Typical total for the visit. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$257 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$251 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $117 to $759Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $219 to $832
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Maryland· 51st of 51

$815

$417 physician + $398 facility

NJ $5,817MD $815

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.